Christine Marie Quilpa Turner, M.Ed., NCC

School Counselor, Waynesboro High School

July 2021-June 2024

• Counseled 250-300+ students on social-emotional concerns, academics, and post-high school career and college goals
• Facilitated Child Study, School-Based Intervention Team (SBIT), and Student Support Team (SST) Meetings in consultation with students, parents/guardians, administrators, school psychologists, teachers, and school staff
• Connected school community with mental health resources and agencies
• Advocated equitable, developmentally appropriate, culturally responsive counseling services for students
• Supervised and mentored school counseling practicum and internship students
• Supervised and mentored Virginia College Advising Corps college advisers

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School Counselor, Beverley Manor Middle School

July 2016-June 2021
• Counseled caseload of 260-400+ students in Grades 6 to 8 with academic, behavioral, and socio-emotional concerns
• Created Career Exploration Speaker Series and invited community guest speakers to talk with students about their careers, as well as the prerequisite education and training needed
• Connected school community with mental health resources and agencies

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School Counseling Intern, Louisa County Middle School

August 2015-May 2016​

• Provided 600+ hours of individual and group counseling to adolescents of diverse cultural and academic backgrounds, including students identified with autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity, oppositional defiance, anxiety, depression, suicide ideation, and learning disabilities
• Collaborated and consulted with teachers and parents to advocate for academic and socio-emotional needs of students
• Assumed all counseling for 400+ Seventh Graders for counselor on maternity leave from October 2015 to January 2016 and for 400+ Sixth Graders for supervisor on leave of absence from February 2016 to March 2016

 

Greer Fellow, Maxine Platzer Lynn Women's Center

August 2015-May 2016​

• Planned and organized the first annual Beverly Cobble Rodriguez Lectureship
• Identified highly respected local, national, and international leaders for speaking engagements with students at the University of Virginia
• Mentored undergraduate Women's Center interns
• Assisted Program Director of Engaged Scholarship with classroom duties as the Teaching Assistant for Front Lines of Social Change course, and planning events for the Women, Girls, and Global Justice program

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Graduate Intern, University of Virginia Career Center

May 2015-April 2016
• Trained and mentored undergraduate Career Peer Educators in career counseling topics including resume and cover letter writing, preparation for career fairs and interviews, job and internship searches, choosing a major, networking, and cultural sensitivity
• Evaluated the effectiveness of the Career Peer Educator Program through qualitative and quantitative data analysis of Career Peer Educator-led workshops to diverse student populations
• Observed and co-counseled with Career Center counselors in academic and career advising sessions with undergraduates

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Practicum Student, Crozet Elementary School 

​January 2015 - May 2015

• Counseled students with social, emotional, behavioral, and academic issues individually and in groups, respectively

• Taught guidance lessons on community service, citizenship, career planning, effective communication, and essential life skills

• Assisted site supervisor with classroom guidance instruction and classroom management

• Completed over 150 hours counseling and teaching students how to deal with socio-emotional issues and work toward academic success

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Tutor, Albemarle County Public Schools

​September 2014 - April 2015

• Tutored English language learners in fifth and sixth grades at Walker Upper Elementary School in Mathematics and English literacy

• Tutored kindergarten and first grade students at Red Hill Elementary School in reading, writing, spelling, and literacy development
• Assisted teachers with implementing classroom activities to enhance Mathematics and English language learning

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College Adviser, Virginia College Advising Corps

​September 2012 - June 2014

• Facilitated access to college and post-secondary educational opportunities for low-income, underrepresented, minority, first-generation college students in the Danville-Pittsylvania County area
• Encouraged and advised students to succeed academically, to determine best fit colleges, and to realize and achieve their goals and dreams after high school
• Planned and implemented events and programs (i.e., SAT and ACT registration and preparation, college application assistance, resume writing workshops, financial aid nights, FAFSA assistance) for students and their families
• Provided additional support to the counseling department at George Washington High School
• Professional membership with College Advising Corps (CAC), Virginia College Access Network (VCAN), and AmeriCorps